Synonyms for biddable


Grammar : Adj
Spell : bid-uh-buh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɪd ə bəl


Définition of biddable

  • adj obedient
Example sentences :
  • Whether this was so or not, it is certain that she was as docile and as biddable as need be.
  • Extract from : « An Open-Eyed Conspiracy » by W. D. Howells
  • Francis knew which ones were biddable and he kept them to heel.
  • Extract from : « Makers » by Cory Doctorow
  • He was a biddable boy, and went on without further question.
  • Extract from : « Judith Shakespeare » by William Black
  • No one, I was assured on all hands, objects to the biddable Chinaman.
  • Extract from : « Letters of Travel (1892-1913) » by Rudyard Kipling
  • Barbara did as he commanded with the expression of a biddable child.
  • Extract from : « The Penalty » by Gouverneur Morris
  • "Look how biddable he was about goin' back to the Works," she continued.
  • Extract from : « The Turmoil » by Booth Tarkington
  • His proud owner thought there could be few dogs in all the world so biddable as this.
  • Extract from : « The Wrong Twin » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • He was a biddable enough beast, and, being a little deaf, he knew not fear.
  • Extract from : « The Men of the Moss-Hags » by S. R. Crockett
  • The city-folk had stars of their own; biddable, domesticated stars.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition » by Robert Louis Stevenson
  • In all wise are these men tame and biddable, save that they rage against the Dusky Men, though they fear them yet.
  • Extract from : « The Roots of the Mountains » by William Morris

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